Improvement in reed-organ cases



l. BATE S.

'Reed-Organ Case.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

JONATHAN BATES, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN REED-ORGAN CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160.997, dated March23, 1875 application filed November 13,1874,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONATHAN BATES, of Boston, of the county of Suii'olkand State oi' Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvementin ReedOrgan Gases; and do hereby declare the same to be fully describedin the following specification and represented in the accompanyingdrawings, of which- Figure l denotes a perspective view of one of myimproved organ-cases with its desk and key lids turned up. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of it with both of said lids turned down. Fig. 3 is atransverse section of it.

rlhe object of the invention is to combine a desk and reed-organ in onecase, So that one or the other may be used, as occasion may require.

To this end, in carrying out my invention, I make the case not only withthe key-chamber A and its cover B, and the usual space or chamber C forthe reeds and bellows, but over such I arrange in the case, and abovethe keychamber A, and back ot' it, another chamber, D, open in front,and there provided with a lid, E, hinged to the lower part of theopening, so as to be capable of being turned from a vertical position,as Shown in Fig. 1, down into an inclined one, as shown in Fig. 2, andto rest on the top ofthe cover B. The chamber D may be provided withpartitions and drawers, such as are usually in upright desks, the samebeing shown in Fig. 2.

Furthermore, directly over the chamber D I arrange or make the case withanother or shallow chamber, F, open at top, and there provided with acover, G, to close down horizontally upon the opening, this latterchamber being to hold sheet-music or music-books.

I claim.-

1. The reed organ case provided with the desk-chamber D and lid E,combined and arranged with thekey-chamber A and its cover B,

and the bellows and reed-chamber G, all substantially as specified.

2. rlhe reed-organ case provided with the chamber F, cover Gr, thedesk-chamber D and lid E, the key-chamber A and its cover B, and thebellows and reed-chamber C, all arranged as set forth.

JONATHAN BATES.

Witnesses:

R. H. EDDY, J. R. SNOW.

